We will be updating the github repository with the associated bits when the beta is ready for the SDK2013 games. The build system now also requests c++11 on all platforms
On 02/20/2017 03:16 PM, sigsegv wrote: > Hi John, > > VC++2015? Praise the lord, it's finally happening! > > Can we expect a corresponding push to the source-sdk-2013 > <https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013> GitHub repo when > the SDK2013 update happens? > > I can't wait to get off of VC++2013, a.k.a. the "we at Microsoft don't > give a shit about C++11 support even though the standard has been > finalized for literally over 2 years" edition. > > Justin (sigsegv) > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 2:46 PM, John Schoenick > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Following up on the warning email we sent a long while back, we're > making good on our promise and changing our build toolchains for > the TF2+SDK2013 games' dedicated server. TF2 is being updated > first, with the other SDK2013 games to follow. > > There are two things that may affect server administrators that > you should be aware of: > > > *The Linux dedicated server now targets the Steam Runtime* > > The Steam Runtime is a common runtime target based on Ubuntu. For > srcds, this largely means linking against a more recent glibc than > may be available in some server distributions. Administrators > should check that the provided beta still runs in their > environment of choice. Those who are on older or incompatible > distributions have several options: > > - Switch to a distribution more compatible with the Steam Runtime, > such as Ubuntu LTS > > - Make use of a chroot/container/VM environment to run srcds. The > tools linked below include a script for creating a chroot that can > be used for bootstrapping Steam Runtime environments. > > - Use the Steam Runtime tools linked below combined with some > dynamic linker magic to use the runtime libraries on an > incompatible distribution, e.g.: > > steamrt=/path/to/runtime > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="bin:$steamrt/usr/lib32" > LD="$steamrt/usr/lib32/ld-linux.so.2" > "$LD" ./srcds_linux "$@" > > More information about the Steam Runtime and utilities for > obtaining it can be found here: > https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime > <https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime> > > * > * > > *The compiler toolchain used for all editions of srcds has changed* > > Along with the client builds, all server builds have been updated > to a newer compiler. Windows builds now use the MSVC2015 tools, > while Linux builds now use a newer edition of GCC with differing > command-line parameters that affect codegen. > > This is expected to break mods that expect certain ABI behaviors > or look for certain signatures in order to hook functions (such as > SourceMod). We have separately spoken with the SourceMod team and > they are working on supporting the new setup. Maintainers of > other mods should test them against the beta release below. > > Our previous warning also indicated that this would change the > _srv naming of the linux binaries. We have decided *not* to > adjust this, and the separate _srv build and naming remains unchanged. > > > *Beta* > > We've made a beta branch available for TF2 with these new > changes. The remaining SDK2013 games will be updated in the near > future, and we will provide a beta for them at that time. > > The beta is compatible with the current TF2 public release - > servers may safely convert to it and continue serving both beta > and non-beta clients. > > The beta branch is titled "toolchainbeta" with no required > password. It can be accessed with SteamCMD via: > > app_update 232250 -beta toolchainbeta > > These changes may be promoted to an official release of TF2 as > soon as next week, so we encourage all server administrators to > test their setup against the beta before then. > > > Let me know if you have any questions or concerns > > - John > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > <https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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